Elizabeth Proctor

Elizabeth Proctor (1652-unknown) was the wife of John Proctor and an accused witch during the Salem Witch Trials.

Biography
Elizabeth Bassett was born in 1652 in Lynn, Massachusetts to a family of Quakers, and she married John Proctor in 1674 in Salem. She was a loyal housewife, but she was cold and dismissed Abigail Williams after she had an affair with John, and John feared that she saw no good in him and was always judging him. In 1692, Elizabeth was accused of witchcraft by the Salem girls during the Salem Witch Trials, and this was reinforced by the fact that she kept a doll with a needle in its stomach - Abigail Williams had corresponding wounds - that her servant Mary Warren had given to her. Elizabeth was pregnant at the time, so she was granted a stay of execution, while her husband was hanged. She was released after action was taken about a petition to free her and John, although John had already been hanged. On 27 January 1693, she gave birth to a son named John, and in 1699 she remarried.